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Rwanda: Kigali to Pilot 'Smart' Waste Management System
New Times, 1 September 2020
With Kigali's population expected to double by 2035, waste management, affordable housing, and access to transport services as well as water are critical issues. Read more »
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Tanzania: Experts Call for Joint Efforts in City Waste Management
Citizen, 27 August 2020
Environmental experts and key industry players are pushing for an integrated system, which will help direct waste materials produced in the city into proper channels or create… Read more »
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Nigeria: 'Current Practice of Waste Management in Abuja Is Unsustainable'
Daily Trust, 27 November 2019
A lecturer at the Department of Environmental Science, Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK), Dr Adati Ayuba Kadafa, has said municipal solid waste management is fast becoming an… Read more »
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South Africa: Tshwane Waste Pickers Gearing Up to Work With the City
groundWork, 29 January 2020
Since 2010 five landfill sites have been closed in the Tshwane area leading to the displacement of more than 500 waste pickers, who depend on waste recovery as bread and butter for… Read more »
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Africa: Healthcare Waste - What to Do With It?
UNEP, 9 April 2020
Interview with Keith Alverson, Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Environmental Technology Centre in Osaka, Japan. The Centre has produced a… Read more »